San Jose State University

UX Designer at Cisco

San Jose, California, United States

Building the Cohesion Design System, a single source of truth for scalable UI, for the Enterprise Networking group. • Designing flexible repeatable components. • Creating clear guidelines and recommendations for UX designers and engineers to follow. • Considering many possible use cases and researching best practices and industry standards. • Evolving the Cohesion Design System to meet quickly changing requirements. • Elevating the visual design of the design system.

Cisco

UX Designer

- Designed unique marketing campaigns and brand identity systems for both Fortune 50 brands and start-ups.• Built cohesive brand style guides and templates and applied designs across a variety of media including blogs, social accounts, websites, emails, and print collateral. • Collaborated with a team of marketers, writers, developers, and designers. • Art directed video and photo shoots. • Communicated directly with clients and consistently relayed project progress in a fun and positive manner. • Directed a team of four designers and set priorities while working under fast paced deadlines.

Big Monocle

Art Director & Designer

Created the life-cycle of identity systems from beginning to end covering a variety of media. Tasks included logo creation, brand guidelines, books, brochures, web and app design, and motion graphics. Personally maintained websites with Joomla and HTML. Supervising and managerial roles included working corroboratively with programmers, art directing photoshoots, overseeing other designers, and interacting directly with clients.

Tompert Design

Senior Designer

Designed a wide variety of online and print based corporate identity systems and supporting collateral for various clients. Tasks included creation and assisted creation of annual reports, stationery, websites, invitations, brand guidelines, signage, books, and brochures. Answered phones, worked quickly, and multi-tasked multiple projects under strict budgets and deadlines.

Michael Patrick Partners

Contract Designer

Designed print based materials for KEEN Footwear, including advertisements for various publications, invitations, posters, stationery, and brochures. Produced trade show graphics and created illustrations for online animations. Generated internal presentations and materials for Forty Forty and NFL Players.

Forty Forty

Design Intern

Directly assisted Senior Designers and Creative Director of the San Francisco office in creation and implementation of corporate identity and packaging programs for both national and international clients. Prepared files, organized design materials, answered phones, searched for imagery, and scanned documents. Worked with very tight deadlines in a timely manner.

Lisa Brown

Lisa Brown